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Dd swallowed cat's poop!!!!

kemnyc wrote:

Omg!!! I almost died! Everything happened in 1 minute. My LO finally started crawling about a week ago, and boy, I have no more peace. I was cooking in the kitchen and keeping an eye on my creepy crawler, the I saw her playing with smth dark, I thought she went back to eating her blueberries. Then I realized!!! I was so lost and grossed out! It's impossible to make her eat any solids without a scandal, but cat pooh!? Oh yeah give me more. Needless to say I freaked out, tried to make her throw up, all pointless. Started reading desperately what to do, have to watch for diarrhea and low grade fever and vomiting. Oh boy, I feel like I suck! Has anything like that happened to anybody? I feel like such a failure of a mother.

Don't worry, she will be ok:) Just make sure you have enough gates for each "dangerous" zone, locked all chemicals ( drop of toilet cleaner can kill the baby, or touching the cleaner bottle and licking fingers). Some dogs eat cats poop and they are ok, I imagine baby should be fine too:)

I would just watch for those signs and don't feel bad! these babies are quick as lightning! my LO tried to eat dog food kibble today... we were outside playing with our "babies" and he saw them all going to get bits of food and wated to get some too.. I couldn't get it out of his fingers fast enough.

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ariellesmummy

Try not to worry to much, DD did almost the exact same thing. She was playing in the lounge room while I was in the kitchen, they are right beside each other so I can keep an eye on her. Anyway I notice that she had been very quite so I walk over and notice that she has crawled into the downstairs toilet and has her hand in the kitty litter and there is litter and poo all over the floor. I am not sure if she ate any poo but she had litter all over her face, I can only guess what she ate!!! I washed her hands and tried to clean out her mouth. That was a few weeks ago and she is fine but I am still grossed out when I think about it! They are such opportunist though, that door is nearly always closed and the moment it is open a little bit she is straight on there.

Im sorry this has happened and Im the type of person to not pass judgment cuz I know how fast an accident can happen ~ but ~ Im lol @ reading this post! First cuz ur lol is ok and out of all things cat poop, too funny.

Thanks, y'all! She seems to be fine, no fever or anything. She keeps chasing the poor cat though, so unfortunate for my old cat, dd just pulls out huge chunks of cat fur every time she seizes an opportunity lol.

My lo ate playdough and dog food in the same day last week...needless to say I no longer can go to the bathroom without him in there with me because my 2 yr old is his partner in crime and helped him get into the mischief!!! Your not a bad mom just a mom! Things happen :)

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